Quizizz Nature's Recyclers Lessons 3-4 Practice Test

What do you call a fruit produced by some fungi? (The reproductive part of a fungus)

• Mycelium

• Mushroom

• Castings

• Fungus

What are the remains of digested food left by earthworms?

• Mycelium

• Mushroom

• Castings

• Fungus

What is the main part of the fungus that looks like tangled white threads?

• Mycelium

• Mushroom

• Castings

• Fungus

A type of organism that is different from plants and animals. It breaks down the remains of living things for nutrients.

• Mycelium

• Mushroom

• Castings

• Fungus

What does the mycelium do for the fungus?

• It spreads out to get nutrients

• It spreads out to kill other organisms for food

• It spreads out to help the fungus reproduce

• None of these are correct

What is a fuzzy looking fungus that grows on old moist food in warm areas?

• Mushroom

• Mold

• Nutrients

• Castings

Which sentence best describes how castings are formed?

• Castings are formed when rocks are broken down by worms

• Castings are formed when worms excrete the remains of digested food thru it's anus

• Castings are formed when dead worms are broken down by other organisms

• None of these are correct

Earthworms do not have which of the following?

• Ears

• Eyes

• Nose

• All of these are correct

Alex notices a small spot of fungus growing on an orange in the back of his refrigerator. He doesn't eat the orange (thank goodness). He looks at the orange again a week later. Which of these is most likely to happen?

• The fungus has gone away

• The fungus has not changed

• The fungus has grown larger

• The fungus has changed color

Which of these happens during the time a fallen log is decomposing?

• The fallen log slowly begins to die

• The fallen log continues to produce food

• The materials in the log combine into new, complex parts

• The materials in the log are broken into smaller, simpler parts